Living for God isn’t like walking on a tightrope without a safety net, while a breathless crowd sits below just waiting for you to fall!
In Psalm 125 David is emphasizing the safety of being right with God, despite what might be happening in your life or what others might be trying to make you do with your life!
But in the light of that he also emphasises the faithfulness of the people of God. In fact it is a distinguishing reality of the true believer, that they will remain faithful, being encouraged by the reality of God’s active presence and God’s timely interventions in our defence, as He fulfils His purpose of doing good to His people. They are faithful, even under pressure, because they know God and trust God.
Those who trust in the LORD re like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people from this time forth and forever. (Psa 125:1-2)
This Psalm asks us, What do you trust in? But it also asks, What difference does that make to your life? When is it not a good time to be asking ourselves those questions?
John Maxwell tells about a small town in Maine, USA that was proposed for the site of a great hydro-electric plant. A dam would be built across the river and the town submerged.
When the project was announced, the people were given many months to arrange their affairs and relocate.
During those months, a curious thing happened. All improvements ceased. No painting was done. No repairs were made on the buildings, roads, or sidewalks. Day by day the whole town got shabbier and shabbier. A long time before the waters came, the town looked uncared for and abandoned, even though the people had not yet moved away.
One citizen explained: “Where there is no faith in the future, there is no power in the present.” That town was cursed with hopelessness because it had no future.
But believers remain faithful in following Christ knowing that they have a future, a future secured by God, declared in His Word. Faith is the defining characteristic of the people of God. The object of our trust is who makes all the difference.
In Psalm 46:5 we read, “God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.”